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[DARTMOUTH]. FARRAR, Timothy. Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward. Portsmouth, NH: John Foster, [1819].
8vo (229 x 146 mm). (Small corner tear on p. 29 slightly affecting text.) Modern quarter calf, entirely uncut (spine sunned).
FIRST EDITION of one of the most significant and influential of the early cases appearing before the Supreme Court. In 1819, John Marshall, serving as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, presided over the landmark case, Dartmouth College v. Woodward. The case centered around the question of whether the state of New Hampshire could interfere with the private charter of Dartmouth College, which had been granted by King George III of England in 1769. This account contains all the material related to the case. Sabin 23887; Shaw and Shoemaker 47980.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
8vo (229 x 146 mm). (Small corner tear on p. 29 slightly affecting text.) Modern quarter calf, entirely uncut (spine sunned).
FIRST EDITION of one of the most significant and influential of the early cases appearing before the Supreme Court. In 1819, John Marshall, serving as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, presided over the landmark case, Dartmouth College v. Woodward. The case centered around the question of whether the state of New Hampshire could interfere with the private charter of Dartmouth College, which had been granted by King George III of England in 1769. This account contains all the material related to the case. Sabin 23887; Shaw and Shoemaker 47980.
Property from the Collection of Dr. K. William Harter, Alexandria, Virginia
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